Improvement in cheese-vats



nnnnsr e. snnenn, m, or ILION, ASSIGNOR TO LUTHER MYERS, or MAROY,

. NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEESE-VATS. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l32,64l, dated November5, 1872.

, receiver being removed; Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, themilk-receiver and steam-distributer being removed; Fig. 3 is a detaillongitudinal section of the same taken through the line a: 0:, Figs. 1and 2; and Fig. 4 is a detail cross-section of the same taken throughthe line 3/11 Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The invention consists in improving cheesevats by the application oftapering ribs to the sides and ends of case so as to support thereceiver, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the outer case or main body of the vat, in which the oth er partsare placed, and which is supported upon legs B of such a length as toraise the vat to a'convenient height. 0 is the pipe through which thesteam comes from the generator, and which is divided into branches D E.The pipe D passes in through the end of the case A, and passes along themiddle part of the bottom to or nearly to the other end of said case.The other pipe, E, passes beneath the bottom of the case A and enters ator near its other end, where it divides into two branches, which passalong the angle between the bottom and the sides and ends of the case Aand terminate at or near the pipe D at the other end of the said case.The pipe D upon its opposite sides, and the pipe E upon its inner andupper sides, either or both, have numerous small holes formed in them,through which the steam escapes into the vat in nu merous small streams.To the bottom of the case A are attached blocks F, of a thickness alittle greater than the diameter of the pipes of the said receiver. Theupper edges of the sides and ends of the receiver H are securelyattached to the frame J, which fits and rests upon the edges of the caseA, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and which has handles formed upon its endsto enable the receiver H to be conveniently removed and inserted. Thereceiver H is made tapering, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to leave a spacebetween its sides and ends and the sides and ends of the case Afor thesteam. K are tapering blocks or ribs attached to the sides and ends ofthe case A for the sides and ends of the receiver H, to rest against, sothat they cannot spring from the weight of the milk, thus preventing itsseams from being injured or opened by said spring ing or bulging. Thepipes D E are provided with stopcocks L to enable the steam to beadmitted into both or either or neither of said pipes, as may bedesired, and in any desired quantity.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The tapering blocks or ribs K attached to the sidesand ends of the case A to support the sides and ends of themilk-receiver H, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth.

. ERNEST G. SEEGER, JR.-

Witnesses: R. HUNTLEY, O. RUSSEL HUNTLEY.

